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Educating and mobilizing parents and caregivers across the nation around healthy kids and communities. Our work focuses on healthy schools and public spaces, marketing to kids, healthy drinks, dismantling the school to prison pipeline; amplifying resilience and decreasing trauma with social-emotional development practices in grades K-12.

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Maternal Justice

Mama's Brunch for Quality Education in Jackson, MS

10/16/18
At 11 am on October 13, 2018, Jackson’s mamas got together at the Mississippi Museum of Art to engage in an honest conversation on education and the centering of black motherhood in Jackson, Mississippi. MomsRising and the People’s Advocacy Institute led the initiative in partnership with the...
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Noel Didla
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Get Your Healthy School Power Pack!

09/19/18
All of our children deserve the opportunity to succeed, whether they want to be an astronaut, open a restaurant, or play third base. Children are full of possibility and potential. As parents, caregivers and adults, that gives us great hope for this world. Our children will craft and create a...
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Karen Showalter
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Food!

Let's Make the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice for NYC!

09/05/18
It's a busy time of year for families, as children head back to school. Parents know: it's often all we can do to make it through the day in one piece. Our hats are off to you! Parents like us work hard to make sure our children have the healthiest and happiest day possible. And sometimes that...
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Monifa Bandele
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MomsRising Social & Emotional Development

Ten Tips for Teaching and Talking to Kids About Race

08/30/18
To say that this school year feels a little different than last year is a total understatement. Think pink elephant in your kids’ kindergarten class — different. Yes, we did the usual shopping trips to pick up supplies, getting back into school days bedtime routines and rituals all while mourning...
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Beatriz Beckford
Social & Emotional Development

A Call for Schools to Teach the Whole Student

07/31/18
What do our children need to succeed in school? Sure, our kids need to learn arithmetic, to read and to write. But their success in school and in life will depend on other skills, such as problem solving, teamwork, and how to regulate their emotions. These skills are essential, yet we often forget...
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Diana Limongi
Childcare & Early Education Health Care Immigration Social & Emotional Development

How Trump’s immigration policies are harming children and future generations

07/31/18
Since its beginning, the Trump Administration has attacked immigrant communities with a range of misguided proposals and executive orders that undermine civil rights and terrify families. These efforts are having devastating effects—right now and potentially long term—on the health and wellbeing of our nation’s youngest residents. Now, the White House is considering another deeply damaging policy. Draft changes to the “public charge” rule would put immigration status at risk if immigrant families seek access to programs that support health, nutrition, and economic stability. Through The Protecting Immigrant Families, Advancing Our Future campaign, the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) and the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) are working with advocates across the country to fight back. Learn more and join us at https://bit.ly/PIFresources .
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Madison Hardee

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Tell Facebook: Pull the Plug on Messenger Kids App!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/6912/">Tell Facebook: Pull the Plug on Messenger Kids App! </a>

Young kids don't need to spend time on social media!

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Tell Facebook: Pull the Plug on Messenger Kids App!

Help Us Make Healthy Food for Little Learners a Home Run!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/7611/">Help Us Make Healthy Food for Little Learners a Home Run! </a>

Big news for our littlest learners! Healthy updates to meals and snacks offered in child and adult care centers will go into effect this fall. Help us hit this one out of the park -> send a message of support to providers working hard to make the new updates a big success!

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Help us make healthy food for our littlest learners a home run!

Tell Congress: Protect SNAP in the Farm Bill!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/7162/">Tell Congress: Protect SNAP in the Farm Bill!</a>

Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress are proposing significant cuts to SNAP in the Farm Bill, as well as creating unnecessary and harmful barriers to access. SIGN OUR LETTER NOW & tell Congress to protect SNAP!

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Tell Congress: Protect SNAP in the Farm Bill!

Moms Say: Don't Mess with Menu Labeling!

<a href="https://action.momsrising.org/cms/view_by_page_id/6565/">Moms Say: Don't Mess with Menu Labeling! </a>

It just doesn't add up. Menu Labeling helps consumers make informed choices. Why does Congress want to take that away?

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Tell Congress: Don't Mess with Menu Labeling!

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